Lifetime direct medical costs of childhood obesity

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 854-862

  Finkelstein, Eric Andrew ^a,b   Graham, Wan Chen Kang ^a   Malhotra, Rahul ^a,b  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Cost of illness; Lifetime medical cost

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT FLUCTUATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; COST SAVINGS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899814782     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0063     Document Type: Article

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